A report from TheReporter.com: SolarTech, an initiative of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, has partnered with NOVA, a job training organization, on a pioneering program that trains people for highly sought after “green jobs” in the region’s fast-growing solar and energy efficiency industries. Called the SolarTech Workforce Innovations Collaborative, or SWIC, the program goes a [...]
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A report from USA TODAY: By Gregory Korte, USA TODAY Updated WASHINGTON – House Republicans are expanding their probe into the Obama administration’s energy programs, investigating $ 500 million in green job training grants that placed just 10% of trainees in jobs, according to a government report. Getty Images Republicans probe Obama’s $ 500 million [...]
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A report from Maple Valley Reporter: January 13, 2012 · Updated 6:48 PM comments Email Story Print Story Letter/Editor Green River Community College earlier this week announced three new high-demand job training programs students can complete in 19 weeks, allowing them to qualify for entry-level positions in the aerospace and advanced manufacturing industry. Job seekers [...]
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A report from Canada Free Press: The Green Energy debacle has washed down the proverbial drain another half billion dollars with no visible success or green jobs created or saved – Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh Saturday, December 24, 2011(5) Comments | Print friendly | Email Us Sifting through Congressional records is not my idea of fun. [...]
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A report from Youngstown Business Journal:Oct. 27, 2011 6:30 a.m.YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. will train 30 at-risk young adults from across Youngstown in green jobs skills. Participants will have the opportunity to select one of two tracts, landscaping/urban agriculture and pre-construction/green demolition. The training will include classroom-based and hands-on training. The [...]
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A report from vtdigger.org: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2011 Contact: Liz Schlegel, Director of Community Outreach Vermont Green to Host Expo November 9 at Vermont Technical College Statewide Green Jobs Effort has Trained over 1,700 Vermonters Barre, VT – Vermont Green, the statewide green jobs training partnership launched last year by Central Vermont Community [...]
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A report from Fox News: America’s Talking ™ All Opinions Welcome The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more… We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox [...]
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A report from IG – New York Times: By EMILY YEHLE of Greenwire Published: October 4, 2011 A $ 500 million green jobs program at the Department of Labor has so far provided only 15 percent of current participants with jobs, leading the agency’s inspector general to recommend that the bulk of the money be [...]
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A report from The Associated Press: Report says green jobs program far short of goals By SAM HANANEL, Associated Press – 3 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A $ 500 million Labor Department program designed to train workers for green jobs has come up far short of its goals, with only 10 percent of participants [...]
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A report from WREX-TV:ROCKFORD (WREX) – The City of Rockford is getting $ 250,000 to help launch a multi-year green jobs training program. The money will not only help create jobs, but it will help contribute to more energy efficient projects that will help reduce home energy costs. ”As the green sector continues to grow, [...]
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